'Miracle' missing man found alive

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The family of a man who suffers from Parkinson's disease say it is a miracle he is alive after he went missing from a nursing home for two days.

Sean Tierney, 60, was found on a farm in County Tyrone on Monday.

His family have criticised the Irish health authorities for transferring him to Northern Ireland from his home county of Monaghan.

Mr Tierney had been in a nursing home in Clogher for four weeks before he went missing on Saturday.

About 30 police officers and 100 volunteers were involved in the search.

Despite warnings he was unlikely to survive for even a day, he was found in a remote field beside a river on Monday evening.

Before being moved to County Tyrone, Mr Tierney was being cared for in County Monaghan, but he was transferred to Clogher because there was no room in nursing homes in Monaghan.

His brother James Tierney said moving him out of his home environment was a risk.

"What I would like to see happen now is that this man's case is treated seriously and all other cases," he said.

"For these people who have the responsibility to come to some arrangement for these people.

"Don't send them off to areas they are not familiar with."

Mr Tierney is now being treated in Craigavon Area Hospital, where his condition is described as ill but stable.